Re: Can we get rid of repeated queries from pg_dump? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From hubert depesz lubaczewski
Subject Re: Can we get rid of repeated queries from pg_dump?
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Msg-id 20210826140827.GA15868@depesz.com
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In response to Re: Can we get rid of repeated queries from pg_dump?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Can we get rid of repeated queries from pg_dump?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 10:02:07AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@depesz.com> writes:
> > It seems that for every function, pg_dump is getting it's data, and then
> > runs format_type on each parameter/output type? I'm mostly guessing
> > here, as I didn't read the code.
> > Wouldn't it be possible to get all type formats at once, and cache them
> > in pg_dump? Or at the very least reuse already received information?
> Send a patch ...

Yeah, that's not going to work, my C skills are next-to-none :(

I guess I'll have to wait till someone else will assume it's a problem,
someone with skills to do something about it.

Best regards,

depesz




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